Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-07-26
TRICKS OF LE0ERDEMAIN.

hand toward the spectators. lie then
picked up . pack Of cards from the table
and ,hualsd them. arranging the cards
nine Of clubs, ten Of diamonds. and ace
Of hearts In the middle Of the pack. 90
thu, he would know their exact position
and could keep the third hager OF bis
night hand beneath them. i,
He walked down from the sisse aud
presented the pack, spread out back up
ward, TO one OF the audience. requesting
the gentleman TO select card. AZ the
stranger reached for . card. Hermann
moved the nine Of clubs towards him
With hi. finger, and the stranger took u.
Another person wa. made 10 draw the
Ten OF diamonds, and another the ace OF
heart. in the same way. They looked Al
their cards and pa, them back into the
pack, which vas then shuiiied.
The Snowman returned to the stage and
asked the three persons to name Their
cards. They did 50, and young wo-
man dressed .. . page then brought
from behind the .eens.a sword. The blade
OF the sword had been passed through
three similar cards. which were concealed
behind the hilt guard. A hne elastic
cord WAS attached 20 the point OF the
sword. stretched and fastened TO the hili
The three card. were made fast to the
elastic.
The Young lady took the pack and tossed
| 1, toward Hermann. Who held the sword
| In hi. hand. A. she did 30 he ,hfu',
the sword toward the fying pack and
released the elastic from the hili. The
nine Of clubs, ten Of diamonds and ace OF
hearts at once appeared hear the Po'n' OF
the blade. as though pierced through
while flying.
Next, Hermann borrowed . handkef-
chief from = lady and gave Il TO q young
man 10 hold between bis hands lie
carried a wand under his arm. Taking
the wand on, with bis nigh, hand. be
also took from little poke, under his
arm a small package Of pieces OF linen.
which he concealed in the palm OF
hi. rish, hand. lie then 'aid the yogng
Ian in the audience was no, holding the
Handkerchief right. and took !, TO show
him how. lie rubbed the handkerchief
between hi. hands. p.lmed IL and gave
back the BIT. Of cloth in iis stead.
The young man did no, observe ,h'
change. Again Hermann APPEARED dis,
satisfied. and told the young man TO hold
the handkerchief up by oorner. Toe
dupe opensd bis hsnd'. and the bits OF
cloth fell out. lie picked them up snt
handed them to Hermann. who pa, them
between hi. own hard,. pslmed them,
and worked toward the end Of his tnger'
long strip Of cloth. which be had con
eealed in bis palm.
Then be shook oa, the strip. and said
/, va. composed Of the pieces. This b
rolled up aud p.lmsd. and turning BIZ
back 10 the audience TO 20 back upon
the stage be pa, al the bit. OF cloth
away under b.. coat. aud showed BIZ
hand TO be empty. Then he picked uP
lemon from which the pulp had been
removed, and inside Of which hand
ksiehi,f bad been placed. lie cut ih'
lemon aud drew Gu, the handkeiehlsf
The spectators thought !, was the one
he bad borrowed. and they appauded
lie pu, the Handkerchief on a plate anS
poured some alcohol upon IL. Th'
pretty young woman sc, fire 10 the Alec
boil With . candle lie then ex,ir guishe'
the lame with .hee, Of paper. in which
be wrapped the ember.
lie went 10 a table. rolled the package
with his hand into little well, and tool
up ARCHER paper containing an IN
.eorched piece Of cloth. lie w.lksC
down toward the audience, pretending e
,o., the piece Of cloth to a lady With hi
lsf, and p.lmed !, with his nigh, hand
which be dropped to bis waist. Whsr
the .pee,a,or. were looking ., his LET
hand be concealed the piece Of cloth in
poke, Just inside the edge Of his coat
lie then placed the wand under hi, lei
arm, and took from the pocket the origi
nal borrowed handkerchief, eoneealiag y
in bis palm. Placing his hand q, agen,le'
man. ear. he dropped the handkerchief
TO the ends Of bis finger, pretending &c
take /, on, Of the gen,leman'' ear. anS
handed il 10 the lady.
The performer borrowed tall hat,
turned bis back to the audience. pa,
handkerchief containing three eggs into
hat ss be turned 10 the stage. faced
about, and took first the hsndkerehie'
and the egg. from the hat. The pretty
young woman. with . short wand in bel
hand, went down the aisle AID borrowed
three rings. Returning TO the stage sh'
slip. three other rings upon the want
and handed il TO the Snowman, keepins
the three borrowed rings concealed In be-
hands. She then wen, behind the
scenes. and tied the three rings 10 rib
bons hanging from the neek' Of ihre'
white doves. and put the doves into the
deep cover Of . stew pan. The eosel
had false bottom held in place by
spring.
While she Was doing thi, Hermann
le, the three bogus ring. slide from The
wand into . stew pan. broke the eggs
and dropped 10, poured in some aleoto
and Sc, fire to Il. The pretty young wo'
man brOush, out the cover and Hermann
placed !, on the pan. lie then released
the false bottom, lifted the cover. and
showed the three doves sitting on the par
With the borrowed rings tied TO theft
neeks lie placed one Of the doves OF
the barrel Of a pistol aud fired bis weaP'
on. The dove Was trained no, to move
lie put the dove on the table, covered IL
with = handksrchisf, dropped the bIrd
through little trap. gathered up The
Handkerchief as though the dove was In
side. wiggling bis finger In the handker.
chief TO simulate the hu,teiing Of the
bird. and then smashed the hAndkerc HE
between bis hands very violently. Ladies
In the audience said, "Oh!" The show
man shook the handkerchief out by the
lcovcs,. snd .ho~sd that IN was emnfx